Ultra-low power parametric frequency conversion in a silicon microring resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4881-4887

  Turner, Amy C ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SILICON; WAVELENGTH;

PARAMETRIC WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; SILICON DEVICES; SILICON MICRORING RESONATOR; ULTRA-LOW PEAK PUMP POWERS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 41649097376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004881     Document Type: Article

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